Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye Eyed For Early 2009

[BrooklynBomber]

It appears the wheels are rolling the anticipated fight between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and former cruiserweight champ David Haye, scheduled to re-debut at heavyweight in the fall. Klitschko is scheduled to defend his titles against IBF mandatory Alexander Povetkin, also in the fall. [details]

As my sources have told me.
It was only logical.

[Randall_Hopkirk]

Wow, I'm amazed that Klitschko is wiling to give Haye a shot before he's proved himself at hw. I thought the plan was that Haye was to fight two fights against credible opposition before getting his shot? I'd much rather see Klitschko try to unify the WBO/IBF and WBA belts than giving this clown a shot...

Valuev will be the WBA champion, is he not a clown?

[TRAVI$]

Wlad will earn no respect for winning this fight, if he does
People will just say Haye was an overhyped Crusier

[WESS]

Wow, I'm amazed that Klitschko is wiling to give Haye a shot before he's proved himself at hw. I thought the plan was that Haye was to fight two fights against credible opposition before getting his shot? I'd much rather see Klitschko try to unify the WBO/IBF and WBA belts than giving this clown a shot...

What's the big deal? If Joe Calzaghe can get away with fighting Peter Manfredo, then what's the big deal about Klitschko fighting Haye?????

I personally see this being an AWESOME MATCH UP. I don't care who wins. I think it will just be a GREAT ACTION PACKED FIGHT resulting in someone getting KTFO!!!!!!!

What's the big deal?????

[joseph5620]

It appears the wheels are rolling the anticipated fight between IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and former cruiserweight champ David Haye, scheduled to re-debut at heavyweight in the fall. Klitschko is scheduled to defend his titles against IBF mandatory Alexander Povetkin, also in the fall. [details]

Haye has speed, power, and athletic skills similar to Roy Jones Jr. But taking a punch from a hard hitting heavyweight like Klitschko is a whole other level. I would like to see Haye in a couple of heavyweight fights before making any judgment on how he would do against Wlad K. That's a big step.

[Joe2608]

If Wlad beats Haye convincingly i'll give him credit.

Old school Wlad is an alright watch when he let his hands go and all that, but recently his fights have been more boring than watching paint dry. He's so afraid to throw a punch at the risk of getting hit it's terrible.

If he beats Haye in a boring fight which ends up in a decision or late stoppage due to fatigue (highly unlikely) then i won't give him much credit. However, if he ends it in 6 rounds or under then i'll accept that Wlad is the man.

Though i genuinely believe Haye is going to be the man ending it within 6 rounds!

Edit: Though i will say that i want to see Haye fight a few fights at HW (at least 3) before he goes for Wlad. I'm not saying he's going to be the most epic heavyweight ever. I just think he has the attributes for a great heavyweight.

[Mojita]

id rather see Wlad fight Peter if he wins againest Vit.

He wants tobe "the" champ so unify in a rematch and let Haye earn a shot.

[Hitman932]

Wow, I'm amazed that Klitschko is wiling to give Haye a shot before he's proved himself at hw. I thought the plan was that Haye was to fight two fights against credible opposition before getting his shot? I'd much rather see Klitschko try to unify the WBO/IBF and WBA belts than giving this clown a shot...

I was amazed when he took the Peter fight, but this decision seems to be made for the same reasons.

The sooner he fights Haye, the more significant his advantages will be. When he takes out Povetkin and Haye he will then have beaten the only 3 challenging contemporaries he has in the division.

By beating him now he also plants that seed in the back of their head that maybe they're just not good enough... which makes it easier to beat them again down the road.

[xEDDIEx]

im not a big fan of klitschko or haye, but id like to see haye win to shake things up in the boring hw division

[edgarg]

I was amazed when he took the Peter fight, but this decision seems to be made for the same reasons.

The sooner he fights Haye, the more significant his advantages will be. When he takes out Povetkin and Haye he will then have beaten the only 3 challenging contemporaries he has in the division.

By beating him now he also plants that seed in the back of their head that maybe they're just not good enough... which makes it easier to beat them again down the road.

The reason he jumped at the offer to fight Peter, qwhen no one else would, has a quite simple explanation. He, and his team KNEW that he really had NO chin problem and NO stamina problem, that each of his losses could either be easily explained as being because of a once-in-a-life convergence of circumstances.

He'd also had sparring with Peter in the past, and KNEW that he could " box rings around him".

He knew that Peter wasn't the KO killer he'd been promoted to be, that most of his KO's were "half-alive" bodies.

And, anyone who watched the fight should agree. He won every round that the blind ref Randy Neumann didn't score the phony KD's in.